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The flat grave slab is located near the south-east corner of the church approximately 2.5 metres from the gable wall. The slab is now broken in three pieces. It is 1.77 metres long and 0.80 metres wide, of a type of limestone that is available locally. Within connected rectangular areas on the slab are inscribed a cross, the letters IHS, and the year 1642. No further inscriptions are visible on the slab. The slab is aligned east-west with the head of the cross to the west. The cross is 1.48 metres long, with the shaft extending through the crossbar of the letter H. The letters IHS are 0.29 metres tall. The numbers for the year 1642 are at the base of the cross and are 0.08 metres tall. Within the rectangular areas the rock has been chiselled away to a depth of several millimetres, to leave the symbols standing in relief. The surface layer was not removed near the top-left and bottom right corners suggesting that the work on the slab was not fully completed. In 1980, when removing ivy from the church local people uncovered this slab, broken in two pieces, and found bones beneath it. The positioning of the burial within the walls of the church indicates that the deceased was a priest or some other person of status.
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